Worth Reading: Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped RTO would make staff quit

26 June 2024


A study claims to have proof of what some have suspected: return to office mandates are just back-channel layoffs and post-COVID work culture is making everyone miserable.

Worth Reading: Upgrades to DOCSIS 4.0

26 June 2024


Cable companies often make it sound like DOCSIS 4.0 is right around the corner. This is the technology upgrade that will increase overall speeds to multiple gigabits while also providing the option for symmetrical speeds.

Worth Reading: The OSI Deprogrammer

25 June 2024


The main reason that Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) remains relevant is that Cisco certifications require network engineers to learn it.

Worth Reading: How to Ask Questions

25 June 2024


They discuss the “Five Whys,” identifying points of invariance, discovering unknown unknowns, and watching out for landmines.

Worth Reading: The evolution of network security

24 June 2024


This post reviews the history of network security, highlighting key milestones such as the development of firewalls, VPNs, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs), zero trust models, and so on.

Worth Reading: Whose CIDR Is It Anyway?

24 June 2024


The year is 2035, the year of Linux on the desktop (fingers crossed, this one’s gonna be it!), imminent, widespread IPv6 adoption, and Amazon has just bought the last /8 it didn’t own: 255.0.0.0/8.

Worth Reading: Um, what ever did happen with network automation?

24 June 2024


I remember the moment when software-defined networking (SDN) started to make sense for me.

Worth Reading: Deception in LLMs

20 June 2024


This study unravels a concerning capability in Large Language Models (LLMs): the ability to understand and induce deception strategies. As LLMs like GPT-4 intertwine with human communication, aligning them with human values becomes paramount.

Worth Reading: Lessons learned when building my DNS resolver

20 June 2024


Anyway, this post is about a guy who never did low-level network programming, trying to build his own DNS resolver with the language he was using on and off, occasionally.

Worth Reading: Profiling a Popular DDoS Booter Service’s Ecosystem

19 June 2024


Cybercriminals can launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with relative ease these days by using DDoS booter services, online services that automate the DDoS attack process.